Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM LODGE

Location: Lynn

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 12/18/1920 1920-567

Precedence Date: 02/07/1920

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Mount Carmel Lodge, 10/09/2006.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1920
• Petition for Charter: 1921
• Consolidation Petition (with Mount Carmel Lodge): 2006

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1945 (25th Anniversary)
• 1970 (50th Anniversary)
• 1995 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge)
• 1923 (Ferrell)
• 1925 (Ferrell; installation)
• 1928 (Simpson; installation)
• 1945 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary)
• 1970 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary)
• 1979 (Melanson)
• 1991 (Darling; reception for Junior Grand Warden Warren R. Davis)
• 1995 (Lovering; 75th Anniversary)
• 1996 (A. Johnson; St. John Sunday in Nahant)
• 1999 (Bauer)
• 2006 (Hodgdon; consolidation with Mount Carmel)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1932 1937 1942 1952 1953 1958 1962 1968 1970 1971 1973 1982 1993 1996 2000 2003

HISTORY

• 1921 (Founding History, 1921-18)
• 1945 (25th Anniversary History, 1945-177)
• 1970 (50th Anniversary History, 1970-75)

OTHER

• 1969 (Presentation in Grand Lodge)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Warren R. Davis, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1984, 1985; Junior Grand Warden 1991
• William E. Eldridge, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1998, 1999
• Raymond A. Phillips, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1973
• Raymond E. Smith, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1963, 1964; N
• Everett B. Stacey, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1937, 1938; N

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DISTRICTS

1920: District 8 (Lynn)

1927: District 8 (Lynn)

2003: District 9

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LINKS

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